Event discusses women’s participation in the Brazilian military

The Laboratory for Military Studies (LEM) of FGV’s School of Social Sciences (CPDOC) will hold a debate on female participation in the Brazilian military on October 30. The event will be held in room 317 of FGV’s Main Office (Praia de Botafogo, 190. Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro/RJ) and will include presentations from professor Rosemeri Moreira, from State University of Midwestern Paraná (Unicentro), and Thaís Melo (UFRJ).

Rosemeri Moreira will present the study “Women, militarism and memory: The Female Auxiliary War Organization (1942-1945)”. Thaís Melo will give a lecture on “Women in arms: representations, myths and tensions in the context of female insertion in the Brazilian Armed Forces”.

Moreira holds a PhD in Cultural History from UFSC and teaches History and Regions at Unicentro for undergraduate and graduate students. She is currently researching Feminist Theory, Police History, History of Women, Militarism, and Body History. Thaís Melo is a PhD candidate in Social Anthropology at the National Museum (PPGAS/MN/UFRJ), holds a Master’s degree in History, Politics and Cultural Assets (CPDOC) and an undergraduate degree in Social Sciences (UFF).

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